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Selected Problems of Fluid Mechanics

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 338-0910/02
Abbreviation VSMT
Course title Selected Problems of Fluid Mechanics
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Hydromechanics and Hydraulic Equipment
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Sylva Drábková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Euler's equation of hydrostatic, differential equations of pressure function, Pascal's law
2. Euler's equation of hydrodynamics, the application possibilities of its integration
3. Continuity equation for one and three dimensional flow, derivation
4. Bernoulli's equation for an ideal fluid, derivation and practical application
5. Bernoulli's equation for compressible fluid, derivation and practical application
6. Navier-Stokes equations, and the derivation of the solution, including the numerical modeling
7. Bernoulli's equation for viscous fluid, friction losses, local losses in circular and non-circular pipe
8. Laminar flow of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids in a circular pipe in a rectangular gap in the ring, the sag along the vertical wall
9. Turbulent flow, turbulence, characteristics and mathematical description of turbulent flow using mathematical statistics
10. Bernoulli's equations for a rotating channel and the application on centrifugal pump, the principle of energy conversion
11. The flow over bodies, boundary layer theory, aerodynamics, Karman vortex street
12. Change of momentum theorem, applications
13. Physical similarity, theory and modeling

Literature

SHAUGHNESSY, E. J., KATZ, I. M.,‎ SCHAFFER, J. P.: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics. Oxford University Press, New York, 2005, 1018 str.

FOX,R.W.,Mc DONALD,A.T.: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, J. Wiley & sons, New York, 1994

RODI, W., FUEYO, N.: Engineering turbulence modelling and experiments 5. Elsevier, 2002.ISBN 0-08-044114-9.

LESIEUR, M., YAGLOM, A.M., David, F.: New Trends in Turbulence. Les Houches: France, 2001. ISBN 3-540-42978-6.

Advised literature

ASWATHA, Narayana. P. A.; SEETHARAMU, K. N. Engineering fluid mechanics. Alpha Science: Harrow, U.K. 2005. 581p. ISBN 1-84265-101-3.

LESIEUR, M.; YAGLOM, A.M.; David, F. New Trends in Turbulence. Les Houches: France, 2001. ISBN 3-540-42978-6.